Reflection Glossary

Browse 5 reflection terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

5 Reflection Terms

Amplification Attack: A denial-of-service technique that sends small spoofed requests to services which reply with much larger responses toward the victim, multiplying attack...
Full Circle: An idiom used when a situation returns in some meaningful way to its starting point or original theme. In career and tech culture it often marks reflection on...
Metaprogramming: Metaprogramming is a programming technique where code writes, modifies, or generates other code at compile time or runtime. It treats programs themselves as...
Reflected Attack: An attack that causes a target's own input or a third-party service's response to be sent back in a way that harms the victim, as in reflected XSS or...
Self-Reflection: A reflective step where an AI system reviews its own reasoning, assumptions, or output quality and may revise accordingly. Self-reflection is often used to...